Toilet-seat for children.



M. L. HANDY.

TOILET SEAT FOR CHILDREN.

APPLIGATION FILED DEO.15, 1910 1,009,838, Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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TOILET-SEAT FOR CHILDREN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Application filed December 15, 1910. Serial No. 597,578.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET L. HANDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Caro, in the county of Tuscola and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet- Seats forChildren; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improvement in toilet seats and relates moreparticularly to an auxiliary seat to be used in connection with theordinary toilet seat.

Une object of the invention is the provision with a folding auxiliaryseat of a removably stitched pad adapted to be folded with the seat soit may be conveniently carried in a traveling bag, the seat and pad whenfolded taking up very little space.

"With these and certain other objects in view, which will appear laterin the specification, my invention consists in the devices illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of myimproved toilet seat; Fig. 2 is a side View of the seat folded together;Fig. 3 is a side view of the same open; Fig. 4 is a sectional viewthrough ac -m,- and Fig. 5 is a sectional view through y--y.

In traveling, or at hotels and other public places much difliculty isencountered by finding the seats not in condition for use, and theobject of this invention is to provide a sanitary auxiliary seat whichmay be carried in the traveling bag and when used may be convenientlyplaced upon the toilet seat, being so constructed as to prevent thechild using it from coming in contact with the toilet seat.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 are the two sections made of any suitablematerial, preferably aluminum, zinc or the like. These sections arehinged or otherwise secured together as at 3, so as to form a square. An

opening 4: is provided centrally with the sections. The inner edge 2 ofeach section is slightly turned down so as to make a smooth edge.

A pad 5 of any suitable material is provided, being shaped to fit thetoilet seat. The pad is preferably stitched in the middle instead of theedges, so as to avoid scams at the edges of the pad. The seat sectionsare provided with suitable perforations 6 through which the padding maybe stitched to the seat, as shown at '7. The pad, when stitched to theseat, projects slightly over the inner edge of the seat so as to overlapthe rounded edge 2. The pad can easily be removed from the seat andanother substituted, taking but a short time to fasten it to the seat.

In order that the sections may not come in contact with the toilet seat,I have provided suitable projections 8 at the corners underneath.

By my improved construction I have provided a toilet seat with a padtherefor, that is strong and durable, and one that is sanitary, andcapable of being conveniently carried for use in traveling or in publicplaces and the like.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

In combination, an auxiliary toilet seat formed of two hinged sectionsand with a central opening, the inner edges of said sections beingrounded; the bodies of said sections formed with circularly arrangedperforations; a circular pad removably stitched at its middle portionthrough said perforations, the free inner edge of said pad projectingover the inner rounded edge of said sections.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARGARET L. HANDY.

Witnesses:

HENRY I-I. SMITH, CI-Ims'rmn A. BRAIDEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). U.

